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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

8.1.4 (i) Teachers who complete their Ph.D. Degree while in service shall be entitled to 3 non-
compounded increments if such Ph.D. is in a relevant discipline of the discipline
of employment and has been awarded by a University complying with the process
prescribed by the UGC for enrolment, course work and evaluation, etc.

(ii) However, teachers in service who have been awarded Ph.D. at the time of coming
into force of this Schemes Regulations or having been enrolled for Ph.D. have already
undergone course-work, if any, as well as evaluation, and only Notification in regard
to the award of Ph.D. is awaited, shall also be entitled to the award of three non-
compounded increments even if the university awarding such Ph.D. has not yet been
notified by the UGC as having complied with the process prescribed by the Commission.
8.1.5 In respect of every other case, a teacher who is already enrolled for Ph.D. shall avail the
benefit of three non-compounded increments only if the university awarding the Ph.D. has
been notified by the UGC to have complied with the process prescribed by the Commission for
the award of Ph.D. in respect of either course-work or evaluation or both, as the case may be.
8.1.6 Teachers in service who have not yet enrolled for Ph.D. shall therefore derive the benefit of
three non-compounded increments on award of Ph.D., while in service only if such enrolment
is with a university which compiles with the entire process, including that of enrolment as
prescribed by the UGC.

8.1.7 Teachers who acquire M.Phil. Degree or a post graduate degree in a professional course
recognized by the relevant Statutory Body/Council, while in service, shall be entitled to one
advance increment.

8.1.8 Five non-compounded advance increments shall be admissible to Assistant Librarian /
College Librarian who are recruited at entry level with Ph.D. degree in the discipline of
library science from a university complying with the process prescribed by the UGC in
respect of enrolment, course-work and evaluation process for the award of Ph.D. in Library
Science.
8.1.9 (i) Assistant Librarian / College Librarian acquiring the degree of Ph.D. at any time while
in service, in the discipline of library science from a university complying with the
process prescribed by the UGC in respect of enrolment, course-work and evaluation
shall be entitled to three non-compounded advance increments.

(ii) However, persons in posts of Assistant Librarian / College Librarian or higher positions
who have been awarded Ph.D. in library science at the time of coming into force of
this Schemes Regulations or having already undergone course-work, if any, as well as
evaluation, and only Notification in regard to the award of Ph.D. is awaited, shall also
be entitled to the award of three non-compounded increments even if the university
awarding such Ph.D. has not yet been notified by the UGC as having complied with the
process prescribed by the Commission.
8.1.10. In respect of every other case of persons in the posts of Assistant Librarian / College
Librarian or higher positions who are already enrolled for Ph.D. shall avail the benefit
of three non-compounded increments only if the university awarding the Ph.D. has been
notified by the UGC to have complied with the process prescribed by the Commission for
the award of Ph.D. in respect of either course-work or evaluation or both, as the case may be.

8.1.11. Assistant Librarian / College Librarian and others in higher Library positions in service who
have not yet enrolled for Ph. D. shall therefore derive the benefit of three non-compounded
increments on award of Ph.D. while in service only if such enrolment is with a university
which complied with the entire process, including that of enrolment as prescribed by the UGC.

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